So I was at a training nibbling on tootsie rolls since it was a long time between meals. When I got home my BG was only 110 so I decided, oh, maybe my pancreas is working, and I don’t really have diabetes anymore! Then this morning I cut my morning bolus in half, checked 2 hrs later and my BG was 198. My sister said this is called DENIAL!!! Anyway, back to my normal doses again.
Does anybody go through this?
I don’t change doses unless I see a difference for days. Too many variables. Dose changes should be small ones, like 1 or 2 units, & kept at that for three days to have a good idea if it’s right.
I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but, your sister is right. You have Type 1 diabetes. Short of several major medical breakthroughs, your pancreas isn’t going to start working again. EVER. This is reality. Doesn’t make it easy to accept, I know… but take a look at the list of complications that come from poor blood glucose control whenever you get the urge to think “I don’t have this disease anymore.” You can tell yourself that’s true all you want, but you’re still going to suffer the consequences in the long run.
There can be all kinds of reasons your blood sugar didn’t go higher. Maybe you’re coming down with a bug and your immune system is working overtime. Maybe the training required so much brain activity that you burned off a lot more glucose than you expected (the brain doesn’t need insulin to take up glucose, so intense concentration CAN make you low). But I promise you, your pancreas did not magically rev up a whole bunch of new beta cells!
I know you guys are right. It’s only been 4 months and I’m still having problems with the reality of being a Type 1. Thanks for your input!
Yes, I have. I am also a newbie, 1 1/2 years. I think when I see really good numbers, just maybe. I am hoping that as a freak of nature, dx’ed at 52, that maybe I could get better. I am not holding my breath.LOL
Oh, I forgot. When I eat a banana and forget to inject for it, I get proof I AM TYPE 1(makes my bs go over 250)
Thank you, Keith. You know what I’m talking about! We are still at the game playing stage.
Don’t worry, Kathyann… I can really sympathize. Eric, my T1 son, is not quite 3 and I know he’ll go through a phase when he’s older where he tries to deny this reality. I tried kidding myself for a while that the fact that he was Dx’d as practically a baby meant I wouldn’t have to deal with rebellion, but the endo I’m working with on my parenting tips book set me straight on that score sigh Nobody wants this… but there are definitely worse things. One of my coworkers has a son with hemophilia, and every time I try to wish away Eric’s T1D, I think of his little boy and suddenly, I’m grateful that it IS T1D.
Thanks Elizabeth. My heart goes out to you with a son so young having to deal with diabetes. I guess rebellion is a normal reaction! There is always something worse out there but sometimes it is hard to be grateful, isn’t it?
Sometimes it is, yes! But it’s worth doing the work toward gratitude because bitterness just sucks 